Earl Cooper, #8 Stutz, San Diego, California, 1915
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Artifact Overview
The San Diego Exposition Road Race was held on January 9, 1915, as a complement to the concurrent Panama-California Exposition. Eighteen cars started the race, which followed a six-mile circuit through the Point Loma neighborhood. Earl Cooper took the checkered flag in the #8 Stutz, earning $5,000 in prize money for his victory. An estimated 50,000 spectators watched the competition.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
1915
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
2009.103.P.O.40
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 8.00 in
Width: 10.00 in
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